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[–]SharpTomorrow 40 insightful - 1 fun40 insightful - 0 fun41 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

Here is what I think about that movie.

I get the message and the intent, and the director is a black woman who call herself Muslim and feminist.

However, the problem is that the movie and its director claims "denouncing sexualization of female children", but they do exactly that in the process, sexualizing children for profit in a commercial movie.

sorry for the lack of better link but here is link to a clip in the movie:

https://twitter.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/1303908536553017349

An adult made these kids dress like that, and instructed them to dance like that, for a movie that is essentially a commercial product that has been sold to distributors like Netflix. people are making money out of this. Keep in mind that the actresses in the movie clip are 11/12 year old.

So while I'm OK with the message, there is something extremely unethical with the use of prepubescent actresses in order to depict sexualization of children.

I'm not sure what the radfem position is, but to me it's engaging in the very thing the director claims they fight against and one cannot do that and not call themselves a hypocrite.

Unfortunately, the debate has already been politicized (partisan) and my position is now deemed "right wing" by people I know on the left, which is again, unfortunate.

In my opinion, the director should have chosen adult actresses to convey the exact same message without being controversial.

[–]blackrainbow 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

How can you change people's minds if you don't shock them? Sometime people need strong images

[–]InvisibleWoman 38 insightful - 1 fun38 insightful - 0 fun39 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Do we need to force children to perform these shocking images that will undoubtedly be masturbated to just to make a point?

[–]blackrainbow 5 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 4 fun -  (4 children)

that will undoubtedly be masturbated

So we're not allowed to produce anything with children in it because someone will wank off on it? That is so puritan, no wonder these complaints mainly come from the US

[–]InvisibleWoman 31 insightful - 1 fun31 insightful - 0 fun32 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

No, I am saying we shouldn't intentionally sexualise children.

I am not from the US or America at all so I don't know what you mean. I'm from a very sexually liberal society, but we have to draw a line somewhere.

[–]blackrainbow 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

It's difficult and controversial, I think Woody Allen's films are more dangerous than Cuties even if their teen characters are little or no sexualized at all. I think it depends on the director's goal honestly. Also, why aren't we discussing the film's message more instead?

[–]WrongToy[S] 18 insightful - 1 fun18 insightful - 0 fun19 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Because the message is irrelevant.

It does not matter if there's three minutes of this and 97 minutes of them saying it's bad. It's the oldest porn scheme ever, and was employed before porn was legal and accepted by adults.

Look at this. In not any universe is even one minute of this ok, and keep in mind this took multiple weeks to film with real life kids. https://twitter.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/1303908536553017349

[–]penelopekitty 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Have you fucking watched the clip? It is disgusting.